2008 November

Why am I Not Sold More Stuff on Planes?

This past year I have flown a lot, I mean a lot. Over 115,000 payed miles one United alone, 3 free flights on United, and a couple random flights on Northwest and Hawaiian. All in all about 150,000 miles spent in the air. And the year isn’t over yet! During that year in the air …

Book Review: Rainbow’s End, The Crash of 1929

Many reporters, economists, and wanna be economists are comparing the recent stock market crash to the famous crash of 1929. The crash that marked the start of the Great Depression. The crash that changed America. But is it really the same? Knowing little about the 1929 crash I haven’t really been able to make the …

Managing Multiple Writers with Role Manager

From time to time I’ve discussed on this blog managing multiple writers for my blog network, Blogtown Press. Mainly I’ve dealt with the odds and ends of finding, organizing, and paying bloggers to writer on one or many of my various blogs. Those articles are helpful but they haven’t really given tips on helping with …

Obama to Fireside on YouTube

Once again Barack Obama is showing signs of change. This one I can definitely get on board with. Fireside chats, something that every president does once a week since FDR, and have since been put on the radio, has said that he will put his firesides on YouTube. What a great idea! Informing and leading …

W-41, The New Barcode for Your Body

I’m always a fan when a company comes out with a new idea rather than creating a commodity out of a design that’s already out there. Or maybe that’s what these guys are doing? Either way, I stumbled across this new company in a small article in wired magazine that combined t-shirts, social networking and …